Yeah, he has quite the Optimus Prime-sized ego. I think he fits a certain place on the spectrum of filmed entertainment quite nicely. I agree with your assessment of Pearl Harbor, I didn't care for that at all. I will say that his failure, The Island, is perhaps his best film - certainly smarter...
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I feel bad for Michael Bay. He doesn’t seem to get a fair shake from fair sized segments of the movie going public and many critics who serve as their ‘taste testers’. There are plenty of legitimate criticisms that can be levied against Bay; <em >Pearl Harbor</em> was too liberal...